Long Island University at Brooklyn - Sound Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The portswornen THE Birdettes ran into a terrific slump this year, suffering five straight defeats which comprised the complete basketball schedule., This can be attributed to several dominant factors. First, the Women's Basketball Team this year under went a complete job of renovation. A new squad had to be formed and taught the necessary techniques and tatics used on the court. The new squad had to learn how to play together as a team and not as individuals. Secondly, the Rules Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association made some changes in the rules and regulations in basketball for women. lnterest, initiative and spirit were evident in the number of girls who attended each practice. How- ever another serious problem faced the femme hoopster-one group would come to practice on Mondays and others on Thursdays so that seldom did the same girls get to practice together. The crux of the Birdettes, so appropriately named after their brother Blackbirds, was composed of freshmen girls who were unaware of the playing ways of a college team. Nevertheless they were willing to learn and that was half the battle. Only three of the old squad members were left. This year's captain, Alma Schriffron had two years of playing on the Birdettes. Alma had the experi- ence which was much welcomed on the team. A tall driving forward, she gave confidence to her team- mates. I Two other well-seasoned players, Ginger Schragg and Trudie Bay have had three years of Hroughing it on the court. Both girls proved indespensible as defense players. Another guard, Eva Phoenix, al- though new this year proved her weight in gold. A level-headed player, she was able to transfer her coolness at times to the other guards by talking calmly during crucial points. Some of Coach Louise Buonaguro's newer charges are Sara Holland top-scorer for the season, Francis Pellegrini, promising backboarcl girl and loan De- Nigris, a small but fast charger who kept her op- ponents guessing as to where she'd show up next. New guards lill Stella, Muriel Kroop and Emaline Leone are all shaping up as promising defense players. Completing the picture of the team are lean Bosenblum, Arline Hyman and Marie Cota. The toughest game of the season was with Panzer College. The opponents were experienced fast-driv- ing charges who were well versed in the elements of their trade. The Birdettes played most of that game on the floor. The Panzerites left the femme sextet with memories of bruises, low morale and an unholy low score of 78-8. The game with Queens College wasn't nearly as rough, but the victors went away with nearly as high a score, 58-8. By the third game, which was with Hofstra, the forwards began hitting in the dou- ble figures. The guards played a tremendous game, but their best just wasn't good enough. The game with Adelphi which ended the basketball season for the Birdettes, was at least a moral victory for the guards. ln the last quarter they kept the Adelphi forwards down to four points. However, the Birdette hoopsters only managed to chuck in l8 points for the entire game. Yes it was a poor season for the Women's Basket- ball Team, but it won't keep them down. Wait 'til next year was the answer to kidding schoolmates. And this may very well be, for the girls only need one more year in which to shape up, to practice skills and most important of all, getting used to play- ing together. -M- Twenty-eight

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Tau Bvln Si!l ' IP, as the fair Muse Euterpe fguardian angel of all neophyte musiciansl leads her charges to the threshold of as yet unborn careers and takes a glance shoulder-wise, she will look back on four happy, confused, and productive years. She would certainly chuckle as she remembered our first few years at the Con Edison building, sandwiched as we were between the Bio lecture hall and the Library. There were reports that many times Prof. Wethers' lec- tures sounded like a Becitatif backed up by a Wagnerian air. Or how often Miss Florence Weintraub the librarian was caught gliding from table to table in three-quarter time, quietly warning the kiddies to put the cards away as a member of the Mayor's Anti-Gambling Committee was seen snooping around. But for the Music department this was only a start and, as with many a toddling baby, a few of its first steps were bound to fall on the pedal extremities of some of the more established adults. Ecrase le Status Quo Under the administrative leadership of the late Prof. Baymond Shannon the department soon took on the aspect of an elbow-room demanding adoles- cent. Notice of the situation was made and before long the department had established a beachhead at the Schermerhorn street building. The awkward location of the building, and the closet-like rooms, had no untoward efforts on the student body, but the bars on the windows were somewhat sobering. The fact that the building had previously been a detention home for young kids trying to make good in the 'Backets', and the innuendos drawn there- from, were assiduously overlooked. But the presence of Mr. Puff falias Nosmo King J protector of foolish youth from that strange malady known as Nico- tinium Stainitis of the third and fourth fingers, Cand mortal enemy of Messrs. Ligget and Meyersl impressed the fact even more vividly. However, the place wouldn't have seemed the same without Mr. Puff, well-liked as he was by non-smokers. In lt was soon after we were ensconsed in the confines of The Tower of Schermerhorn street that the staff, formerly consisting of Prof. Shannon, Prof. William Eicher and Mr. Ionah Binder, was enlarged. Two people of uncom- monly fine musical endowment and background, Prof. Antonio Lora and Miss Ruth Sperling were recruited. Another later addition was Miss Madeline Cole, whose task it is to teach the students the art of La Danse. We were at the Schermerhorn building for less than a year when it be- came evident that the Music department was to need even more room. lt was then that negotiations were begun prior to acquiring space at the Brook- lyn Academy of Music. This acquisition has not lived up to expectations, but with the meagre appropriations given by the Administration for this purpose, the Music department is lucky it is not holding classes on the sidewalk. But all this to the side, for the true seat of knowledge is in the mind and not in any closet graciously dispensed by the powers that be, With Q11 the inconveniences discounted, the Music majors have much to look back upon with satisfaction. Those embryo Paderewskis who were fortunate enough to have Prof. Lora will always remember the scholarly and sympathetic manner, his wonderful grasp of the subject and his ability to impart knowledge. The end of the class hour was never the end of the discussion for Prof. Lora. l-le would dis- cuss any problem with a student until it was a problem no longer. Kappa Kappa Psi